Swarm of ladybugs 80 miles wide seen on the National Weather Service radar in California

Abigail Rosenthal, GateHouse Media

Thursday

Jun 6, 2019 at 1:08 PM

Nope, that's not rain over California. A swarm of ladybugs so large it showed up on the National Weather Service radar is flying over the state, according to CBS Los Angeles.

The National Weather Service tweeted a video of the ladybug "bloom" over southern California Tuesday night.

"The large echo showing up on SoCal radar this evening is not precipitation, but actually a cloud of ladybugs termed a 'bloom,'" they wrote.

The large echo showing up on SoCal radar this evening is not precipitation, but actually a cloud of lady bugs termed a &quot;bloom&quot;#CAwxpic.twitter.com/1C0rt0in6z

&mdash; NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego)June 5, 2019

According to Joe Dandrea, a meteorologist with NWS San Diego, the bloom is 80 miles long and 80 miles wide but isn't necessarily a dense cloud of insects — the ladybugs are spread spread out in the sky and flying between 5,000 and 9,000 feet high, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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